Composite Ceramic Floor Panel with Embedded Fall Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing concrete slabs used for porch and extension balconies are difficult to maintain and are prone to contamination, absorption of moisture and oils, and lack effective fall protection, making them unsuitable for easy cleaning and safe use.
Innovation Solution
A ceramic composite floor panel with a stainless steel grid embedded in a connecting layer on the back of a fine stoneware ceramic tile, providing fall protection and a non-porous surface for easy cleaning, where the grid is designed to be fully embedded and not protrude from the tile edges, ensuring a quasi one-piece construction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If concrete slabs are used for balcony flooring, then cost is reduced, but maintenance difficulty increases and contamination resistance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines ceramic tiles with a supporting structure embedded in a connecting layer to create a composite floor panel. This composite construction integrates the aesthetic and cleaning advantages of ceramic surfaces with the structural requirements of balcony flooring, resolving the contradiction between cost-effective concrete and easy-to-maintain surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent specifies that the ceramic tile front must have a glazed surface that is not open-pored. This non-porous characteristic prevents absorption of moisture, oils, and fats, directly addressing the maintenance and contamination resistance issues while maintaining the cost-effectiveness of the overall solution.
2Adaptability or versatility
If concrete slabs are used for balcony flooring, then material availability is improved, but fall protection capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting structure is embedded within the connecting layer on the back of the ceramic tile, creating a nested configuration. This integration ensures that the fall protection structure is permanently attached and cannot be separated, directly addressing the reliability issue while maintaining material versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting layer serves as an intermediary medium that bonds the ceramic tile front to the supporting structure. This intermediary layer ensures secure attachment and provides the necessary mechanical connection for fall protection while allowing various material combinations.
3Shape
If the supporting structure surface area is reduced to be smaller than the tile, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but structural coverage is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting structure is designed with local quality - it provides full structural support and fall protection functionality while having a reduced surface area that does not protrude beyond the tile edges. This localized configuration maintains aesthetic appearance while ensuring adequate structural coverage through proper embedding in the connecting layer.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The ceramic composite panel offers improved maintenance by being easier to clean, resistant to contamination, and provides effective fall protection even if the ceramic tile is damaged, allowing for higher construction heights and retrofitting of multi-storey buildings while maintaining structural load-bearing capacity.
Implementation Method 1
a bonding layer for bonding the ceramic tile and the supporting structure to one another
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AI summary
The invention relates to a ceramic floor composite panel for prefabricated and/or attached balconies, comprising a porcelain stoneware ceramic tile (2) which has a base plate (3) made of porcelain stoneware and providing a front (4) and a back (5) and a glaze (6), wherein the glaze (6) is arranged on the front (4) of the base plate (3), wherein a fall protection in the form of a supporting structure (7) is embedded in a connecting layer (8) arranged on the back (5) of the base plate (3), wherein the supporting structure (7) is a stainless steel grid having longitudinal and transverse bars (9, 10) and having a surface area that is smaller than the surface area of the ceramic tile (2).